Load detection and prioritization for an energy management system
AssigneeEnphase Energy, Inc.
InventorRaghuveer R. Belur
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting and prioritizing loads comprising a load analyzer configured to receive at least one load monitoring signal from at least one channel, where each channel is configured to be coupled to at least one load, and analyze at least one load signature derived from the at least one load monitoring signal to detect a load type that is connected to the at least one channel and assign an energy consumption priority to the at least one load.
Claims20
Apparatus for detecting and prioritizing loads comprising:
- a load analyzer of an energy control system configured to connect to a power grid, the load analyzer configured to receive at least one load monitoring signal from at least one channel, where the at least one channel is coupled to a load, and analyze at least one load signature derived from the load monitoring signal to automatically detect a load type that is connected to the at least one channel and assign an energy consumption priority through repeated analysis of energy consumption over time for the at least one load such that energy consumption is optimized to either use no grid supplied energy or use less than a maximum amount of grid supplied energy and through the repeated analysis identify errors with channel and load associations, correct the errors with the channel and load associations, and update the channel and load associations and a priority map that contains the energy consumption priority.
A method for detecting and prioritizing at least one load comprising:
- receiving at least one load monitoring signal from at least one channel, where the at least one channel is configured to be coupled to at least one load, and
- analyzing at least one load signature derived from the at least one load monitoring signal to automatically detect a load type that is connected to the at least one channel and assign an energy consumption priority through repeated analysis of energy consumption over time for the at least one load such that energy consumption is optimized to either use no grid supplied energy or use less than a maximum amount of grid supplied energy and through the repeated analysis identify errors with channel and load associations, correct the errors with the channel and load associations, and update the channel and load associations and a priority map that contains the energy consumption priority.
One or more non-transitory computer readable media for storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving at least one load monitoring signal from at least one channel, where the at least one channel is configured to be coupled to at least one load, and
- analyzing at least one load signature derived from the at least one load monitoring signal automatically detect a load type that is connected to the at least one channel and assign an energy consumption priority through repeated analysis of energy consumption over time for the at least one load such that energy consumption is optimized to either use no grid supplied energy or use less than a maximum amount of grid supplied energy and through the repeated analysis identify errors with channel and load associations, correct the errors with the channel and load associations, and update the channel and load associations and a priority map that contains the energy consumption priority.
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